Heading into today’s match at the Etihad Stadium, QPR find themselves at the bottom of the league table with 27 points from 35 matches, nine points behind 17th-placed Newcastle United.

For Rangers to avoid the drop to the Championship, they will need to win their final three matches of the season.

Meanwhile, last season’s Premier League champions City are fighting for the second spot in the standings.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side are currently second in the league table with 70 points from 35 matches, level on points with third-placed Arsenal but having played a game more.

City are in good form at the moment, having won three Premier League matches in a row. The Citizens have also emerged victorious in their last five home matches in the league, scoring 15 goals and keeping four clean sheets in the process.

Man City predicted lineup

Joe Hart

Martín Demichelis

Aleksandar Kolarov

Vincent Kompany

Pablo Zabaleta

Fernandinho

Jesús Navas

David Silva

Yaya Touré

Sergio Agüero

Wilfried Bony

QPR predicted lineup

Robert Green

Steven Caulker

Richard Dunne

Darnell Furlong

Yun Suk-Young

Joey Barton

Leroy Fer

Karl Henry

Matthew Phillips

Sandro

Charlie Austin

Form Guide

Man City Form

QPR Form

Like-for-like Form

Man City Home Form

QPR Away Form

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.